Good morning fellas.
Question for ya, if I may. I am on my second potful of lead that will eventually be turned into boolits for my roller in 45-70. I have 20 lbs of fluxed lead in the pot, from an old lead pipe that is *probably* pure. I fluxed the crap out of it and should be ready to go soon. My wife got me a pound of tin and some antimony.
Is there a consensus on alloying? I hear 20:1 lead to tin all the time, but some of the guys are saying they go as high as 40:1. I also have a pound of antimony. Should I put some of that in the batch as well? I am not looking to make match grade bullets to take down the snipers at the Quigley match - for now I would just like any recommendations for a good starting point. I am shooting smokeless at black powder velocities; and the boolits I want to make are 510 gr. Postells.
See ya on the range, boys.